Feather duster.



PATBNTED MAY 22, 1906.

J. E. SNEVELY. FEATHERDUSTER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED sBPT.14,1905.

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FEATHER DUSTER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed September 14. 1905. Serial No. 278,399.

Z'o a/ZZ zii/1.0111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. SNEVELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county o f San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feather Dusters, of Whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to feather-dusters, brushes, and the like.

The object of the invention is to produce a brush or duster in which the bristles, feathers, or other stock shall be held firmly by a securing device which causes the stock to expand toward the outer end, whereby an open-bodied brush or duster may be produced; and the invention consists in certain constructions and combinations, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a central section of so much of a feather duster as is necessary to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a secti on of the metallic head or shell. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a holding-disk. Fig. 4 1s a plan, ,and Fig. 5 a section, of the binding-strip.

Any suitable central core or support may be used as a -foundation or core for the brush or duster. For convenience I refer to use the thin metallic tube l. To t '.s core I secure the end of a binding-strip 2, preferably of thin flexible metal, said strip having one edge 3 turned over or otherwise thickened.

The strip 2 may be fastened to the core in any suitable manner. Then the strip is coiled around the core, and as the coil proceeds the feathers 5 (or other stock where such is used) are inserted between successive coils or windings of the bi nding-strip 2. The inner ends 6 of the feathers or stock are bent and preferably bent around the thin edge of binding-strip 2.

A wire 7 may be coiled about the inner ends of the stock as the winding progresses, and if other fastening devices are needed tacks or nails 9 may be driven through two or more layers ofthe coiled holding-strip 2. This will prevent slipping.

It is preferable that the turnedeover or thickened edge 3 of the binding-strip 2 shall have a greater thickness or extension from the body of the plate than the thickness of the fastening devices, such as the turned ends 6 of the stock and the wire 7, used as a fastener. In such case the ceiling causes the brush to assume a tapered form as it increases in size, and the feathers 5 are spread more and more apart as they recede from the vcore l and as they project from the coil. A very open and evenly-spaced duster may thus be produced.

When the brush or duster has nearly reached the desired size, the turned-over portion 3 may be flattened down to plate 2, as at 20, Fig. l. This gives a neater finish and prevents the too great projection of the outer layer of feathers. `The outer end of the coil may be held by a tack 9 or by the coiled wire 7, which may be coiled as much as desirable.

A disk 10, riveted or otherwise attached to the core 1 and projecting in front of the inner coil of the binder 2, effectually holds the duster or brush to the core if other fastenings be needed.

A spun or stamped metallic casing or cup 12 may be passed over the base of the duster or brush head to give a neat 'finish to the duster and bind all parts together. The handle 13 may screw into a threaded tube 14, attached to this cup. Disks or partitions 17 surround the central core when the device has a hollow casing l2, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

What I claim is-' l. In a brush of the character described, the central core, a coiled bi nder-strip thereon having a turned-over edge, and brush-stock between the core and the binder-strip, and spread apart by the turnedover edge of said stri 2.) In a brush, the core, a coiled binder-strip connected thereto, a stock having its inner ends turned round the edge of the binderstrip, and means for securing the stock and binder to the core.

3. In a brush, the core, a coiled binderstrip having a thickened edge, and the stock having its inner end turned round the thin edge of the binder-strip, all combined.

4. In a feather duster, a core, a flexible me- IOO tallic strip secured thereto and having one cured to the core and projecting over part of edge thickened, the feathers having their inthe coiled binder.

ner ends turned round the thin inner edge of In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature the binder-strip, and a Wire coiled between in presence of tWo Witnesses.

the coils ofthe binding-strip, all combined. JAMES E. SNEVELY.

5. Ina brush of the character described, a Witnesses: core, a coiled binder-strip thereon, the stock i A. L. CLARK,

secured by said strip, and a holding-disk se- J. K. CUNNINGHAM. Q 

